use photoshop to create character designs. we had the brief to make a fish-man character and a gentle giant character. A vanishing point is used as the point of disappearance in a linear perspective in landscape drawings. There is a foreground, midground, background, and a canvas in paintings.
Author: Alex D
SMART target
finish assets, make at least one scene for night of the living pencil case, make 5 seconds of animation Specific: make assets for animation Measurable: Achievable: Relevant: Time-based: make 5 seconds of animation
VFX industry 1
VFX compositor: Deluxe entertainment in London Requirements • Preferably 12 months+ experience in TV VFX • Knowledge and production experience with Nuke, Resolve, Hiero, Nuke Studio and preferably Shotgun • Good knowledge of compositing workflow • Must have an aptitude for technical workflow challenges such as directory structure, file formats, naming conventions, scripts, automation tools, automated dailies, etc. • Offers additional perspectives on techniques to produce final shots efficiently and of high quality • Enjoy working as part of a team with ability to assist and guide colleagues where necessary • A creative and collaborative problem solver who is organized […]
stop trick / pixilation
stop trick: the stop trick is used for making objects appear and disappear as well as transform in a seemingly impossible manner. persistence of vision: our brain can only process a finite number of images within a second. Pixilation: it’s basically stop motion animation with actual people. I chose the stop trick which meant that I trimmed the videos so that it creates the illusion where the hat immediately snapped onto Lucian’s head.
CC Cylinder
I put CC Sphere on an earth texture and then put CC cylinder on a text box, Then I added a Y rotation animation to the text so it rotates around the sphere.
VFX job roles
The job role that I have picked is the animator role the skills needed are being able to animate different art styles. Knowing how certain things move so the animation is realistic. I would have to know my way around animation software. Your work breathes life into a creature so they move realistically and display a personality, becoming part of the cast. Animating vehicles or machinery is also part of the job. No matter how good the CGI, if its movement isn’t realistic the audience won’t believe in it! Some VFX companies that are based in London include Milk VFX, […]
the pencil case animation
plan: scene 1: person is at desk in a room, struggling to do their homework, parent calls them for dinner, they leave and turn off the lights in the room, revealing the pencil case in front of them. Done scene 2: pencil case opens its eyes. Done scene 3: pencil case unzips its mouth. Done scene 4: pencil case eats the pencil, ruler and eraser. Done scene 5: pencil case munching on the pencil, ruler and eraser. Done scene 6: person turns on the light switch. Done scene 7: pencil case quickly closes it eyes and zips its mouth. Done […]
male gaze/female gaze/hypermasculinity/toxic masculinity
The male gaze is how women are portrayed in the media from the eyes of a man and these women are represented as objects of male desire. The male gaze is often used as medium close-up shots of women from over a man’s shoulder. For example, the male gaze is used alot in perfume advertising usually the women are wearing very little clothes and are portrayed as objects of desire. The female gaze can make women appear more feminist. The female gaze is about using the presence of a female perspective on screen to emphasize the story’s emotions and characters. […]
burst effect
Here we did a cool burst effect in after effects
Path animation
task: make an object follow a path in after effects First I drew a path with the pen tool then I made a shape that would go along the path I used no fill on the path I selected path and copy pasted the path onto the position for the shape I made an animation of a rocket flying through space by using the parenting tool and the wiggle expression on the fire and the rocket following a path. WWW: I made an animation of a rocket going through space. EBI: